ROCHESTER — According to a police officer's testimony, Leslie Pollard confessed to striking a pedestrian with a vehicle, while his wife, Deputy City Manager Karen Pollard, was in the vehicle with him.

Leslie, 51, of Rochester, is facing a felony conduct after an accident charge, and a misdemeanor DWI charge, for allegedly striking a woman with a vehicle on Lowell Street and then fleeing from the scene.

The woman, who was crossing Lowell Street when she was struck, was acquainted with the Pollards, and had reportedly been drinking at Club Victoire with them the night of the accident on Dec. 29, according to court documents. She suffered a broken collar bone in the accident.

During Tuesday's probable cause hearing on Leslie's felony charge, Officer Eric Krans, who worked for Rochester police at the time of the incident, testified that during the booking process after his arrest, Leslie spontaneously told police that he's not a criminal, and that the pedestrian jumped out in front of his car the night of the accident, according to County Attorney Thomas Velardi.

Police say that after the accident, the Pollards drove home to Hemlock Street, which is less than a mile from the scene of the accident. Karen then called police from home, saying that her husband may have hit something on Lowell Street.

Velardi also said that during the probable cause hearing at Rochester Circuit Court Tuesday, Leslie's defense attorney, Stephen Jeffco, asked the officer whether it was possible that Karen was driving the night of the accident and that Leslie is covering up for her. But Krans responded that there is currently no evidence that Karen was driving that night.

After Tuesday's hearing, Judge Susan Ashley ruled there was enough probable cause to charge Leslie with felony conduct after an accident, and that charge has been bound over to the Strafford County Superior Court, where a grand jury will consider indicting him.

According to Velardi, the DWI charge, which is a misdemeanor, will also likely be prosecuted in the county superior court, because it's part of the same case against Leslie.